[Cold Heat]

I tend to agree.

These antiquated sodomy laws are not based on sound legal footing, but are the product of human social prohibitions.

The Texas version was particularly bad because it only covered sodomy between two males and nothing else. It was not applied fairly to begin with.

There are but 12 or 13 states that still have these things on the books.

I see this as no big deal and certainly no big win for the gay population either. prosecution of sodomy laws between consenting adult was practically unheard of until this case. I believe there was one other in Wisconsin or someplace.

The court did ok by me and I am far from a gay rights supporter nor do I even think about them much.(except when they get in my face)

[djf]

I think the distinction they were paying attention to here was Public vs. Private. Remember, a few years back, they declined to order the Boy Scouts to admit gays, and rightly so. The Guttner(sp?) decision was about a University, which receives public money, and therefore must make some accomodations, it has a duty to serve the public, not one particular individual.